Combination business form and envelope



H. 1.. JOHNSON 2,166,439

COMBINATION BUSINESS FORM AND ENVELOPE Filed Dec. 20, 1937 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Jul 18, 1939.

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Patented July 18, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMBINATION BUSINESSFORM AND ENVELOPE 7 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in envelopes, and moreparticularly to envelopes having a business form comprising a partthereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a simple, practical andinexpensive article of the character described.

Another object is to provide an improvedcornbination business stationeryform and envelope.

A further object is to provide an improved bank deposit envelope andrecord.

A further object is to provide a stationery form and envelope havinggreater strength and safety features than heretofore known.

A further object is to provide a stationery form and envelope adaptedfor a wide variety of business and commercial uses.

The general purpose of this invention is to provide improvements inmailing envelopes for business and commercial purposes, and especiallyof the type widely used for banking, insurance collections, and othersimilar types of commercial activity in which it is desirable to combinewith an envelope having sufficient strength and security to providesatisfactory mailing means for checks, drafts, bonds, and otherdocuments, a business form for indicating the nature of the transactionsinvolved, and which may provide a record for the recipient of theenvelope, and also an acknowledgment or receipt, which may be detachedand returned to the sender.

An important consideration in connection with articles of this kind ismaximum efficiency with which the article may be used together withsimplicity of structure. A particular type of envelope illustratingimprovements covering these features as described hereinbelow, is thatrelated to banking, and I have devised a combination deposit slip andenvelope for the mailing of checks to a bank and the return of aduplicate of the deposit form to the sender.

The foregoing objects and advantages will appear and be brought out morefully in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. 1 is a face or front view of an envelope and business stationeryform embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a back view of the same showing the sealing flap in extendedposition;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating the business formportion in extended position;

Fig. 4 is a separate view of the detachable portion of the businessform;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line 5-5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-45 of Fig. 2;

Fig. '7 is a view of the paper form blank prior to folding and sealing;

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a slightly modified formof the invention;

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 illustrating the business formportion in extended position;

Fig. 10 is a separate View of the detachable portion of the businessform;

Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken substantially along the line IIII ofFig. 8;

Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken along the line I2I2 of Fig. 8; and

Fig. 13 is a View of the paper form blank of Figs. 8-12, prior tofolding and sealing.

Referring more particularly to the drawings and especially to Figs. 1 to7, I show an envelope I5 having a main panel portion I6, a side flap IIof substantially the same size and dimensions as panel iii forming theback of the envelope or a pocket, a side flap I8 for attachment to flapIT, a bottom flap I9, and the usual sealing flap 26. The main panel Ithas an outer face 2i bearing the usual addressor and addresseeinscription and an inner face 22, this panel being joined to flaps ll,I8, I9 and by creased edges 23, 24, and 26, respectively. Side flap IThas an outer face 21 and an inner face 28 and side edges 29, 30 and 3|.

The side flap I8 has a gummed face 32 by which it is secured to theportion of face 21 adjacent edge 29 when the flap I! has been foldedback against the inner face 22 of main panel I6. The bottom flap I9 hasa narrow portion 33 which has an inner face 34 and an outer face 35,face 34 being gummed, by which it is adhesively engaged to the outerface 21 of flap I'l, after it has been folded against face 22 as alreadydescribed. Flap I9 is provided with a weakened line 36 by which abusiness form panel 3'! is formed, the latter having edges 38 and 39, aform side 40 and a blank side 4i. Side 4| may, if desired, be pro videdwith a carbon material for making a duplicate record.

The form side 40 is shown as having bank deposit slip indicia and spaces42 and a name and address portion 43. Similar printed matter 42a and 43aare provided'on face 21 of flap I1 and, as will be clear, the latterwill be so arranged as to register with the corresponding forms 42 and43.

It will be apparent that the duplicate form portions 42a and 43a do notcompletely cover face 21, but that a border or margin extends outsidethereof along edges 23, 28 and 29, and that sealing flap 20 has a gummedportion 44 along its free edges, which gummed portions will, whensealed, be secured to exposed face of flap I8, the outer face 35 ofportion 33 of flap I9, and a strip of outer face 21 adjacent the edge 23thereof.

It will also be apparent that panel 31 is of smallen dimensions thanflap I1 and though retained under the flap 20 when sealed, is notengaged by the gummed portion 44, and that it may be removed by tearingalong the line 36 after the sealing flap 29 has been torn or cut openafter mailing.

In Figs. 9 to 13, I have shown a somewhat modified form of the envelopeand business stationary form. The envelope a is substantially similar tothe envelope l5. However, the business form panel 37a is now secured toflap I1 by weakened line 38a which corresponds to the portion 3lb of theedge 3|a of flap l1. Edge 3612 of panel 31a is now a free edge and whenin position ready for mailing is along and adjacent to, but separatedfrom the edge 36a of strip 33, which strip is now identical with flap19.

The utility of the invention should be apparent from the foregoingdescription, it being clear that the pocket of the envelope may containtransmitted forms such as checks, notes, securities, or other similarmatter, and the forms 42 and 43 filled out appropriately identifying thetransmitted material. In the forms exemplified, the use is that of bankchecks deposits wherein the deposit slip, information 42, and returnaddress information 43 was filled out in duplicate as 42a and 43a, usingeither separate or integral carbon means in the well-understood manner,whereupon the flap 2|] is sealed and the envelope mailed. The recipientat the bank upon opening the envelope and removing the checks therefrom,verifies the notations on the faces 40 and 21 and detaches the panel 3'!or 31a by tearing along line 36 or 38a, whereupon the detached panel maybe suitably endorsed and returned to the sender utilizin g the windowtype envelope, if desired, it being clear that the form may be suitablyfolded so that the addressed portion 43 will be exposed in the windowopening.

The foregoing described use is typical but is not to be consideredexclusive, it being clear that the envelope and forms may be used as,for instance, in mailing insurance remittances with the return receipt,the sending of funds for the payment of specifically identified billssuch as electrical and gas utilities, and others which can be readilyconceived.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precisedetails of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of suchvariations and modifications as come within the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a main panel, aplurality of auxiliary flaps embodying a flap covering the back of themain panel and narrow flaps at the bottom and at least one end foldedagainst the back of said main panel adhesively secured together forminga pocket, a business form panel secured to one of said flaps, and asealing flap having gummed peripheral portions adapted to be sealed tosaid auxiliary flaps over the business form panel.

2. An article of the character described comprising a main panel, aplurality of auxiliary flaps folded against the back of said main paneladhesively secured together forming a pocket, a business form panelsecured to one of said flaps, and a sealing flap having gummedperipheral portions adapted to be sealed to said auxiliary flaps, saidbusiness form panel being of lesser dimensions than said sealing flap,and adapted to be covered thereby.

3. An article of the character described comprising a main panel, aplurality of auxiliary flaps folded against the back of said main paneladhesively secured together forming a pocket, a business form panelsecured to one of said flaps, and a sealing flap having gummedperipheral portions adapted to be sealed to said auxiliary flaps, saidbusiness form panel being of lesser dimensions than said sealing flap,and adapted to be covered thereby, the sealing portions of said sealingflap adapted to lie Without the area of said business form panel.

4. An article of the character described comprising a main panel, aplurality of flaps folded against the back of said main panel adhesivelysecured together forming a pocket, and a business form panel secured toone of said flaps, said business form panel having an original businessform thereon and a duplicate business form on one of said flaps inregistry therewith, one of said flaps constituting a sealing fiapenclosing all of said business forms.

5. A combination business form and envelope of the character describedcomprising a main panel, a plurality of end and bottom flaps on the mainpanel and folded against the back of said panel and secured together toform a pocket, one of said flaps constituting a sealing flap andcovering substantially the entire area of the back of the main panel andanother of said flaps also covering substantially the entire area of theback of the main panel and having a business form thereon and a marginalportion outside the business form against which the sealing fiap isadapted to be sealed, and a business form panel carried by and severablealong a line of the length of said envelope and the aforesaid flaphaving a marginal portion within the latter and having a business formthereon.

6. An article of the character described comprising a main panel havinga sealing flap of substantially the same area as the main panel, a backflap of substantially the same dimensions as the main panel foldedagainst the back thereof and forming a pocket therewith and having abusiness form thereon to receive the sealing flap thereof against saidmain panel, and a business form panel detachably secured along an edgeof one of said auxiliary flaps and adapted to be registered with saidfirst mentioned business form and the sealing flap adapted to cover thesame and the back flap outwardly of the business forms thereon.

7. An article of the character described comprising a main panel, aplurality of flaps folded against the back of said main panel adhesivelysecured together forming a pocket, at least one flap having a businessform thereon, and a business form panel detachably secured to one ofsaid flaps and being of less area than the main panel, and a sealingflap covering the aforesaid flaps and business form.

HAROLD LANE JOHNSON.

